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Send Email to Utah, Go to Jail

Talaria writes "The Institute for Spam and Internet Public Policy is reporting that two new laws in Utah and Michigan are going into effect next week, creating 'do not email' registries for children's email addresses. According to ISIPP, 'Email marketers who send unpermitted messages to email addresses or domains on the child protection registries in Michigan and Utah face stiff penalties including prison and fines.'" (Note that ISIPP has a vested interest in publicizing these laws, since they offer a service intended to establish that senders are in fact within the law.)

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  1. Re:Slashdot's American Flag Icon by oskard · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Who said its an American flag? It is actually the native flag of Pete-opia, a sovereign nation land locked within the United States.

    The name of the image, topicus, is often misread as Topic U.S, When in fact, it is the Latin word for Utopian, which is of course a root of Pete-opia.

    Next time you should be more respectful to the Latin language. Many people died so that students would learn it in school for centuries to come.

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  2. Re:Slashdot's American Flag Icon by FLEB · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Are you certain? Some people may have died for a flag. Not to say they weren't (IMO) misguided.

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